{"id":1352,"date":"2013-01-08T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T16:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2013-01-16T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T16:59:34","slug":"presentation-of-esu-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of ESU award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Falalay.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D1352&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>It is always good to start the new year with positive news, and I was so pleased to recently be invited to see the beautiful plate awarded to the Bristol branch of the English Speaking Union (ESU), to commemorate their winning of the &#8220;Valerie Mitchell award for International Achievement&#8221;, in honour of their ongoing support for Friends of Alalay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/annie-and-esu-plate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1353\" title=\"annie and esu plate\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/annie-and-esu-plate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/annie-and-esu-plate.jpg 723w, http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/annie-and-esu-plate-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As previously mentioned, their submission was based on their support over the last 4 years, culminating in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Casa de Bristol\u00e2\u20ac\u009d where future volunteers and school parties can stay. In addition, the building contains a fully-equipped medical centre which means that Alalay children can receive on-site treatment and preventative care. The medical facilities are also used by children and their families who are part of Alalay&#8217;s prevention programme.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations once again to the ESU Bristol branch! I remain extremely grateful to everyone involved in the group for all of their hard work for Friends of Alalay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is always good to start the new year with positive news, and I was so pleased to recently be invited to see the beautiful plate awarded to the Bristol branch of the English Speaking Union (ESU), to commemorate their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=1352\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}